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News & Views | 2/28/20
Feature...
Class War, the DNC, and the Fight for Our Lives
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by Erin McCarley
The ruling class needs to know that we're coming for them. And this
fight doesn't stop at the ballot box. Our futures depend on it.
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News...
Warren Accuses Trump of 'Bungling Every Aspect of This Crisis' as WHO Elevates Coronavirus Threat to Highest Level
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The World Health Organization on Friday raised the global risk of the
new coronavirus to its highest level and reiterated the necessity of
worldwide containment efforts as U.S. President Donald Trump continued
to face widespread criticism over how his administration has handled the
public health crisis so far.
"I Don't Think That You are Telling Us the Truth": House Democrats Grill Pompeo on Iran and Coronavirus
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You can't hide behind classification on this one because you can't
classify something that doesn't exist."
Whistleblower Accuses Trump of 'Corrupt' Effort to 'Cover Up' Possible Exposure of Federal Workers to Coronavirus
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The utter ineptitude of this administration is infuriating. They are
going to get people killed."
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'An Astonishing Rate of Corruption': Trump Has Amassed 3,000 Conflicts of Interest Since Taking Office
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington announced Friday after more than three years of monitoring
President Donald Trump's conduct that the president has hit a milestone,
amassing more than 3,000 conflicts of interest between his businesses
and his position in office.
'The Democratic Party Has a Problem': Bloomberg Hires Super Tuesday State Democratic Vice Chairs
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It boggles my mind that this doesn't seem to break any rules."
Landmark Win in 'Fight for Habitable Future' as Jury Refuses to Convict Climate Activists Who Presented Necessity Defense
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When citizens are told the truth about the climate crisis—which is the
first of Extinction Rebellion's demands—they take appropriate and
responsible action, as our jury did, and we thank them."
California Poll Shows Sanders With Double the Support of Closest Rival Just Days Ahead of Super Tuesday
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If this latest poll holds, Sanders would win over 10% of the delegates
he needs to clinch the nomination."
'World Leaders Are Behaving Like Children,' Greta Thunberg Tells Thousands of Bristol Strikers in Call for Climate Action
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Fridays for Future founder Greta Thunberg spent her 80th consecutive
week of striking for climate action leading tens of thousands of
demonstrators in a march through Bristol, England and delivering a
speech in which she called for continued protests to pressure people in
power to ambitiously address the planetary emergency.
Sanders Viewed as Best Candidate to Beat Trump by Democrats and Independents Who Watched Latest Debates: Poll
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Most of the available empirical evidence show[s] Mr. Sanders defeating
President Trump in the national popular vote and in the critical
Midwestern states that tipped the Electoral College in 2016."
'Good News for Democracy': Wisconsin Appeals Court Rejects Voter Purge Targeting More Than 200,000 People
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Voting rights advocates applauded a Wisconsin appeals court ruling
Friday which is set to stop a voter purge from going forward—sparing
more than 200,000 people from having their names removed from voter
lists.
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Views...
Bernie Sanders Is the Unity Candidate
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by Christopher D. Cook
Despite the desperate smears from center-right opponents claiming he is
"divisive," the reality is that Bernie Sanders' policies are all about
unity: common needs, mutual care, and a shared future.
Trump's New "Public Charge" Is a Radical and Grotesque Attack on Immigrant Communities and US Democracy
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by Marielena Hincapié
While Trump wages this political power grab, the regulation going into
effect this week will devastate countless families, deterring immigrants
and citizens from seeking critical services—even though their tax
dollars support these very programs.
It's Not Bernie But the So-Called "Moderates" That the Democratic Establishment Should Be Freaking Out About
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by Robert Reich
The best way for Democrats to defeat Trump's fake anti-establishment
populism is with the real thing, coupled with an agenda of systemic
reform. This is what Bernie Sanders offers.
A Real Super Tuesday Calls for a Strong Progressive Media
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by Sonali Kolhatkar, Norman Solomon
Progressive outlets have become more important than ever if we want to
thwart the Democratic Party establishment and its aligned media outlets.
A Message for Trump: Coronavirus Threat Is About Public Health—Not the Stock Market or Your Reelection
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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
The gangerous cynicism of the Trump administration's response to the
growing crisis.
Turkey Mobilizes for War With Syria and Russia as Nearly 3 Dozen Turkish Troops Killed in Airstrike
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by Juan Cole
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ACLU Challenges New Border Wall Funds Transfer
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New Report: Trump Has Accumulated 3,000 Conflicts of Interest
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